Apple News: From inside Apple, the Scott Forstall fallout
Scott Forstall, the deposed iOS chief has been a divisive figure inside Apple. His exit from Apple is likely to have an impact on company’s stock price when the markets re-open. How are Apple insiders feeling about his exit? I asked a few of my sources.
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Technology News: FDNY to NYC: Please don’t tweet for help
In a sign that many people now consider the service indispensable in any major event, New York’s fire department decides it has to remind people with Sandy emergencies to stick to 911. With New York City inundated by Hurricane Sandy-driven storm surge, heavy winds, and emergencies throughout town, the FDNY is pleading with people not to use Twitter to call for help.
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Programming News: Flexible & Item-Based Scrolling For jQuery – Sly
Sly is a jQuery plugin that offers item-based (like image/content galleries) scrolling with many useful options. Within a defined container element, items inside can be browsed with the help of a scroller or with the functions provided like next, nextPage, toStart, toEnd, 5 toStart, etc.
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Photography News: The Long, Weird History of Photo Manipulation
While “to Photoshop” is now synonymous with altering a photograph with intent to deceive, this not only pre-dates our digital era but can be traced back to the early years of photography itself. Having a product become closely associated with dubious practices might be seen as a negative thing but Adobe would seem to have adopted Mae West’s famous adage, who once said: “Honey, there ain’t no such thing as bad publicity.” At least, that’s one interpretation of its sponsoring role in a current exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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